My First Magazine Published Photo of Ryan 'Nug' Gardiner

As I posted previously, 99 was a big year for me as it was also the year my first photo appeared in a proper Snowboarding magazine rather than just the Snowy Times. The shot above is of Ryan "Nugget" Gardiner and was taken on the famous Merrits Quarter Pipe at Thredbo which we built for the first time that year. The shot ran on the contents page of Issue 3 1999 of Australian Snowboarding magazine which was then printed by EMAP. I couldn't find the original slide of the shot to scan in but knowing the editor at the time chances are he probably lost it anyways, like a lot of my slides....grrrr!!

While I was pretty stoked to see my shot in glossy print, Nug on the other hand wasn't that pumped on his style in the shot but deep down I knew he was into seeing himself in a magazine.

Here's a portrait I shot of Nug the same day, as I think I sent them in together for a check out or mini interview. Nug went on to feature heavily in the mags for years and was behind Digital Snowboard Magazine a DVD styled magazine that is sorely missed in Australian snowboarding circles. These days he travels the globe filming and editing content on the world tour of snowboarding the TTR (Ticket To Ride).

From the same day was this shot of Nthn Beaches rider Andrew 'Bogues' Bonello which I thought was more likely to get run but is a little soft in the focus department.

Bogues was frothing all day to slash up the lip before our takeoff and couldn't wait for the session to end to do so. I think this shot ran in one of the first POW Boardstore catalogues.

I haven't see Bogues in a while so I'm not quite sure what he's up to these days but here is a photo of him with current NRG sales rep and all round champ Darby.

Vintage Parkway Drive shots

So as I mentioned in the post previous I have been working on a photo website. I've sorted through over six folders of snowboarding slides and have moved onto the eight folders of band photos I have amassed over the years. Fuck I am so over scanning in pics..

I came across these shots of Parkway Drive that I had taken at some stage in 2003 up in Brisbane at a venue called Mary Street. At the time I was singing in a band called Perish The Thought and we were playing this ten band lineup. For Parkway this was about their 4th or 5th show and we sure got stitched having to go on after them. This was the first time I had ever seen Parkway and I recall standing there in amazement at these dudes absolutely killing it with these tiny little kid beating the fuck out of his drums. Even back then you could tell this band was a cut above the rest and would go far.

At the time I was working on Rest Assured fanzine so I shot a quick band pic of Parkway in between bands for a profile in the next issue. It's not the greatest of pics but serves as a document of the time and moment I guess.


What's amazing about the shot above is the people in the crowd. Closest to the camera is Oscar who is the younger brother of Parkway singer Winston. Oscar himself sings in 50 Lions who have since become one the biggest hardcore bands in the country today. In the white shirt and hat is Jed who is the older brother of Parkway drummer Ben and who has since toured the world with Parkway as their merch guy / tour manager. Behind Oscar's head with his finger pointed is Jia who is currently playing bass in Parkway and is their third bass player having been with the band for over a year or more now.


Strangely enough after Parkway played all of the Byron kids at the show would stand up the back and watch the other bands play without getting involved. Was some sort of weird Byron vs Brisbane rivalry going on and the Byron kids didn't want to make the Brisbane bands look good by dancing to them. All pretty hilarious when I think back on it now..